Phipps, Ernest
(1900–1963)
Phipps, Ernest (May 4, 1900, Knox Country, KY; April 17, 1963, Gray, KY) Ernest Phipps was a popular preacher and singer in the Holiness churches in Eastern Kentucky. He won national acclaim by taking members of his congregation into Bristol, Tennessee, in 1927 and 1928 to record a series of fevered up-tempo gospel performances that were distributed nationwide by the Victor/Bluebird company and that gained a second wave of popularity through their inclusion in Harry Smith ’s 1950s Anthology of…